Time is running out for Sunny Golloway and the Auburn baseball team to salvage what's left of their regular season and postseason aspirations.
Just two games remain for Auburn after Thursday night's 10-0 beat down at the hands of No. 8 LSU in Plainsman Park.
"We had to try to create some momentum, and we didn't, so we are where we are right now," Golloway said.
Auburn was in trouble from the very beginning Thursday, as the Bayou Bengals jumped on Auburn ace Dillon Ortman (9-4) for three runs in the top of the first.
Three more in the third and the senior was finished, throwing just two innings and giving up seven hits and six earned runs. It was his shortest outing of the season.
"(Ortman) just didn't have it tonight," Golloway said. "They lit him up pretty good so you have to give those guys credit."
LSU tacked on two more in the sixth and the ninth to finish their scoring while the punch-less Tigers scuffled with just four hits over nine innings.
After the game, Golloway couldn't put his finger on exactly what was ailing his current roster of players.
"I don't know exactly what it is, but it just hasn't been there," Golloway said. "We've had pressure all along and not responded. Our backs have been against the wall for a long time, so I don't see it being any different."
Auburn will need to win at least one of its final two games to have a chance at making the SEC Tournament, but the road to Hoover, Alabama won't get any easier on Friday night as the LSU Tigers put their ace Aaron Nola on the mound.
"The guy is one of the very best in the country," Golloway said. "It's no more pressure than what we've had, honestly, since halfway through the SEC conference."
First pitch is scheduled for 6 p.m. Friday night at Plainsman Park. Michael O'Neal is the scheduled starter to oppose LSU's Nola.
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